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eric horng reports from minnesota. >> reporter: at this doctor's office -- >> deep breath -- >> reporter: -- there are no insurance cards, no endless forms to fill out. if you've got cash, you've got care. after decades of dealing with insurance company red tape, dr. james alcmema had enough. >> i thought this isn't why i went to medical school. >> reporter: patients pay on the spot for cash or credit. $36 for one ailment, $52 for two. the doctor will even make a house call. >> it's one-on-one what it should be without the third party. >> what physicians are saying, insurance companies, get out of my exam room. >> reporter: cutting out insurance allows him to charge less. >> i went on his website and checked out the prices. it's two-thirds less. >> reporter: bob k ompos avoide having a physical? >> how's your hearing? >> what? >> reporter: all for -- >> i think i saved $700. >> reporter: no pregnancy care or hospital work. for that, you still need insurance. >> if you have to have follow-up tests on a very frequent basis, then it would make more sense to stay with the traditional plan. >
eric horng reports from minnesota. >> reporter: at this doctor's office -- >> deep breath -- >> reporter: -- there are no insurance cards, no endless forms to fill out. if you've got cash, you've got care. after decades of dealing with insurance company red tape, dr. james alcmema had enough. >> i thought this isn't why i went to medical school. >> reporter: patients pay on the spot for cash or credit. $36 for one ailment, $52 for two. the doctor will even make a...
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steckel to eric fehr. eric fehr centers it and check it out perfectly placed centering pass to tomas fleischmann. caps go up. 2 is 1st goal for flash. later in the first we're tied at one. nilas backstrom, great pass off the boards to alex ovechkin. you can imagine being the goalie on anthero niittymaki. he must had been quivering in his boats. third period still 2-1. brooks lichtwith the puck. holds onto it. shoots. stops but alexander semin is there to put in the rebound. goal number 33 on the year for semin. capitals win it, 2-1. next up the penguins on wednesday. >>> things went about as well as possibly could be expected for maryland in their first-round matchup against houston. maryland wins by 12. they had balance scoring and they got a yeoman's effort from their freshman, big man jordan williams. now the focus solely on their next opponent. it's the terps and michigan state tomorrow afternoon. the winner advances to the sweet 16 in st. louis. the terps would love to see more from the -- of the sfra
steckel to eric fehr. eric fehr centers it and check it out perfectly placed centering pass to tomas fleischmann. caps go up. 2 is 1st goal for flash. later in the first we're tied at one. nilas backstrom, great pass off the boards to alex ovechkin. you can imagine being the goalie on anthero niittymaki. he must had been quivering in his boats. third period still 2-1. brooks lichtwith the puck. holds onto it. shoots. stops but alexander semin is there to put in the rebound. goal number 33 on...
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. >> yesterday in the house steny hoye are and whip eric cantor talked about their debate on the health care bill and their differences on the issue. this is a half-hour. e gentleman. madam speaker, i think it's been well reported that the majority plans to try and use the reconciliation process to ram through a health care bill through this house and the one across the capitol, and we also know from the reports that it is imperative that this house and the house majority, the members of the majority must first pass the senate health care bill before any other action on a reconciliation measure is taken. the gentleman has announced, madam speaker, that all this will take place next week. and i'd wonder if the gentleman could give us a little bit more clarity as to the schedule and perhaps the need for members to keep their schedules flexible through the weekend and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. first, let me say, no matter how often the gentleman and his colleagues want to say so, we are going to ram through something, no matter how many times the press and pub
. >> yesterday in the house steny hoye are and whip eric cantor talked about their debate on the health care bill and their differences on the issue. this is a half-hour. e gentleman. madam speaker, i think it's been well reported that the majority plans to try and use the reconciliation process to ram through a health care bill through this house and the one across the capitol, and we also know from the reports that it is imperative that this house and the house majority, the members of...
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according to the washington post police officers do not have a warrant when they enter eric williamson's house back in october. today officers testified they had their guns drawn. they arrested him after two people called police claiming he was standing in his carport doorway naked. he argumented he should be free to be naked in his own home. >> a prominent local hair stylist who counted former first lady laura bush among their first high profile clients has lost a sexual harassment suit. days after the jury verdict and just before a second woman's sexual harassment case was scheduled to go to trial he filed for bankruptcy. only on 9 tonight, speaking to a woman who won her suit against her former boss. >> he put his hands on my breasts and grabs my breasts. and i said, don't ever touch me like this again. >> ronny was a colorist at the salon at 16th and k streets until the lewd comments of her boss escalated to sexual violence. >> he grabbed me by my shoulder and he was pulling me down and he was opening his pants. >> reporter: barrett says the prominent hairdresser asked her to come to
according to the washington post police officers do not have a warrant when they enter eric williamson's house back in october. today officers testified they had their guns drawn. they arrested him after two people called police claiming he was standing in his carport doorway naked. he argumented he should be free to be naked in his own home. >> a prominent local hair stylist who counted former first lady laura bush among their first high profile clients has lost a sexual harassment suit....
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>>> let's get to one of the republican leaders of the house of representative congressman eric cantor of virginia the minority whip, the number two republican in the house. congressman, any way you can stop the democrats from getting 216 votes to pass the senate health care bill? >> you know, wolf, we're trying to do everything that we possibly can to defeat this bill. the fight will continue. we're looking towards the vote to take place sometime later this afternoon or evening but it's very clear that the vote count on the other side is tenuous at best. there's a reason for that. the american people have rejected this bill and this vote today, wolf, is reflective of the fact that this country is truly at a crossroads. and, you know, how folks vote today with this bill i think will have a lot to do with the legacy they leave and frankly whether they come back in november. >> is there any way you think you can get 216 votes to beat it? >> well, you know, we're shooting to get 38 democrat no votes. along with that, together with unanimous republican opposition, we can defeat this bill.
>>> let's get to one of the republican leaders of the house of representative congressman eric cantor of virginia the minority whip, the number two republican in the house. congressman, any way you can stop the democrats from getting 216 votes to pass the senate health care bill? >> you know, wolf, we're trying to do everything that we possibly can to defeat this bill. the fight will continue. we're looking towards the vote to take place sometime later this afternoon or evening...
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sympathy and appreciation to his wife and three children, enrique, who is a prosecutor, daniel and eric, and the entire family, friends, and former colleagues of the drug enforcement administration. it's important that we focus on securing and enforcing our southern border so that these past sacrifices and the future endeavors by those in the d.e.a. are not in vain and, mr. speaker, we in san diego honor to be home to this legacy of kiki camarena and his family. i yield back the balance of my time. . mr. johnson: i yield back. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the special agents that work in the government enforcement -- drug enforcement administration, the d.e.a., are special agents indeed. many times they work alone, they work deep undercover. they work not only in the united states but in foreign countries and they work for the soul purpose of trying to capture -- sole purpose of trying to capture those outlaws who are in the drug business, who in the name of money try to sell their wears and profit on that illegal -- wears and profit on that illegal enterprise that is an international crime car
sympathy and appreciation to his wife and three children, enrique, who is a prosecutor, daniel and eric, and the entire family, friends, and former colleagues of the drug enforcement administration. it's important that we focus on securing and enforcing our southern border so that these past sacrifices and the future endeavors by those in the d.e.a. are not in vain and, mr. speaker, we in san diego honor to be home to this legacy of kiki camarena and his family. i yield back the balance of my...
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eric boateng tying your mark of 11 for 11. he came into this game 19 for 20 from the field against stanford. >> marques: in the shootaround this morning he came to me. i kind of teased him about welcome to the club, the 11 for 11 club. he said you put up or shots than i did. i said no, i was a garbage man just like you. i was a garbageman, too. >> steve: your spin move was pretty good. it wasn't garbage. >> marques: now stanford, the pressure is on. i love the way emmanuel igbinosa has handled it so far. they have to make these plays down the stretch if stanford is to hold on for the upset. >> steve: ripped away by rohde! >> marques: give me that! taylor rohde aggressive. two nice, aggressive plays. we talked about that. go after the ball aggressively. >> steve: stanford finding the shooter. kuksiks from about 25. foul against the freshman, lockett. >> marques: we're down here by nine. you have to continue to be the aggressor, trying to get yourself another possession if you're trent lockett. >> steve: this tells you what a gr
eric boateng tying your mark of 11 for 11. he came into this game 19 for 20 from the field against stanford. >> marques: in the shootaround this morning he came to me. i kind of teased him about welcome to the club, the 11 for 11 club. he said you put up or shots than i did. i said no, i was a garbage man just like you. i was a garbageman, too. >> steve: your spin move was pretty good. it wasn't garbage. >> marques: now stanford, the pressure is on. i love the way emmanuel...
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caller: good morning, rob and eric. gentlemen, you may have read a critical analysis of the world bank, going back to i believe the early 1980's. it was very thick reading. but the meandering of the world bank and international monetary fund back then i think were a bit different, with a bit different results than what they are now. i do follow this, especially for those of white house don't have a whole lot of education, i follow it, and i believe i comprehend what is going on. we uselessed to refer to it as the builder, but i'm not a con spir cyst, and i am a one-worlder, but not through the corporate and military industrial complex way. let me fill another topic out here. the 1% gain in job growth, that center rate and left side, center right and left side academics predict over the next five years, 1% per year, very slow, i think as that settles in and people really realizes that you're more or less forward people, that's going to really be hard to achieve. and i'm wrneding, one of the things i wonder is if you beli
caller: good morning, rob and eric. gentlemen, you may have read a critical analysis of the world bank, going back to i believe the early 1980's. it was very thick reading. but the meandering of the world bank and international monetary fund back then i think were a bit different, with a bit different results than what they are now. i do follow this, especially for those of white house don't have a whole lot of education, i follow it, and i believe i comprehend what is going on. we uselessed to...
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because eric cantor, the number two republican in the -- in the house is speaking. i want to hear what he has to say. >> the joefrt of americans don't care for it either. sadly, mr. speaker, the only bipartisanship we've seen surrounding this overhaul has been in opposition to it. and there's a reason for that. health care is a very personal issue. and this overhaul will impact every man, woman, and child in this country. it will even affect future generations that have not yet been born. mr. speaker, this overhaul will have a huge impact on our parents, our spouses, and our kids. this is something that they'll be paying for for the rest of their lives. and for too long, mr. speaker, the majority in this body and the president of the united states have refused to listen to the american people. so, mr. speaker, i have a message for those americans. we hear you. we hear you loud and clear. because we believe this government must stop spending money that it doesn't have. and this $1 trillion overhaul will do the opposite. we believe that this government must stop pilin
because eric cantor, the number two republican in the -- in the house is speaking. i want to hear what he has to say. >> the joefrt of americans don't care for it either. sadly, mr. speaker, the only bipartisanship we've seen surrounding this overhaul has been in opposition to it. and there's a reason for that. health care is a very personal issue. and this overhaul will impact every man, woman, and child in this country. it will even affect future generations that have not yet been born....
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police throwing cold water on eric cantor's claims in recent days about a bullet shot at his campaign's offices, that's in today's "busted." >>> but first, online romance, we'll tell you on a third of all first online dates. oh, yes. it's in today's by the numbers. [ female announcer ] the latest athletic fabrics that keep you cool and dry have now inspired stayfree® to create a whole new level of comfort when it comes to your period. only stayfree® ultra thins have thermocontrol™. designed with the comfort of athletic fabrics in mind, stayfree® with thermocontrol™ quickly wicks moisture away for exceptional dryness. so you stay incredibly comfortable no matter where your day takes you. stay dry. stay cool. with thermocontrol™ only from stayfree®. [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every
police throwing cold water on eric cantor's claims in recent days about a bullet shot at his campaign's offices, that's in today's "busted." >>> but first, online romance, we'll tell you on a third of all first online dates. oh, yes. it's in today's by the numbers. [ female announcer ] the latest athletic fabrics that keep you cool and dry have now inspired stayfree® to create a whole new level of comfort when it comes to your period. only stayfree® ultra thins have...
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eric shawn, thanks so much. folks, we are getting word that a federal judge has ordered the release of a suspected al-qaeda organizer. a guy accused of recruiting one of the terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks. this guy was aassociated with one of the pilots who flew the jets into the world trade center on 9/11. and now he's about to be set free. why? radio talk show host monica crowley is here in three minutes to peel back what went wrong on this one. and a volcano that is so large, so powerful it could change the weather across the world. just ahead, we'll show you how that one works. you do not want to miss this story. ♪ we didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning. ♪ we didn't start the fire, but we megyn: well, an update on that so-called runaway prius in new york state. police now say driver error was the cause. a 56-year-old woman was driving this car when she said it suddenly accelerated and crashed into a stone wall. authorities confirming that the gas pedal was
eric shawn, thanks so much. folks, we are getting word that a federal judge has ordered the release of a suspected al-qaeda organizer. a guy accused of recruiting one of the terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks. this guy was aassociated with one of the pilots who flew the jets into the world trade center on 9/11. and now he's about to be set free. why? radio talk show host monica crowley is here in three minutes to peel back what went wrong on this one. and a volcano that is so large, so...
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eric boateng with an uncontested look. marcus jackson can't believe he went for the ball and it bounced over his head to boateng. >> steve: he's one of the most improved players in the conference. arizona state has two of them, ty abbott and eric boateng, much improved from a year ago. boateng only had 14 field goals all last year. he went 11 for 11 in stanford in a victory by arizona state last week. >> p.j.: the theme this year, so many young players pressed into contributing roles. >> steve: 32 of the 50 top starters are sophomores this year. that's an offensive foul on ty abbott. >> p.j.: on donte smith in the first half for his decision. he returns the favor right here. he rotates over and gets position. ty abbott doesn't recognize. you can bank on if you put the ball on the floor, you're not going to be able to get to the rim. >> steve: he's not had a good game since the game against ucla. smith. rebounded. mcmillan. >> p.j.: smith, nice perimeter shot. >> steve: for three. >> steve: defense by arizona state. the off
eric boateng with an uncontested look. marcus jackson can't believe he went for the ball and it bounced over his head to boateng. >> steve: he's one of the most improved players in the conference. arizona state has two of them, ty abbott and eric boateng, much improved from a year ago. boateng only had 14 field goals all last year. he went 11 for 11 in stanford in a victory by arizona state last week. >> p.j.: the theme this year, so many young players pressed into contributing...
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the clerk: whereas on march 8, 2010, representative eric massa resigned -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members will take their seats. members will cease all conversations or remove conversations to the cloakroom. the clerk will continue. the clerk: whereas on march 8, 2010, representative eric massa resigned from the house, whereas numerous newspapers and other media organizations reported in the days before and after mr. massa's resignation that the committee on standards of official conduct was investigating alingtses that mr. massa sexually harrised members of his congressional staff, whereas on march 3, 2010, majority leader hoyer's office issued a statement saying the week of february 8, a member of representative massa's staff brought to the attention of mr. hoyer's staff allegations of misconduct that he -- that had been made against mr. massa. mr. hoyer's staff immediately informed him of what they had been told. whereas on thursday, march 4, "roll call" newspaper reported speaker nancy pelosi said she only learned wednesday o
the clerk: whereas on march 8, 2010, representative eric massa resigned -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members will take their seats. members will cease all conversations or remove conversations to the cloakroom. the clerk will continue. the clerk: whereas on march 8, 2010, representative eric massa resigned from the house, whereas numerous newspapers and other media organizations reported in the days before and after mr. massa's resignation...
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there is eric fair for the redirect. 3-2. caps are going to win this thing. are they? wit a second. all night long, 39 saves. but they're going to beat him top shelf where the cookies are. >>> mike knubel had never scored a goal in his brilliant nhl career but he does right there. mark andre fleury is not too happy about it. go crazy, caps fans, you win 4- 3 in a shootout over pittsburgh. >> i don't kw. just felt that he was going to score. >> i was very surprised. i thought my night was over. >>> spring training baseball. that is hernandez pitching. that is rodriguez hitting it. off the wall, some wall ball. he is not very fleet the foot but he will lumber around the bases. look at guzman. nice leather for the 6-3 double play. nats played well but they did lose 3-1. >>> the wizards quite frankly are losers of 12 straight coming into play last night and one shy of a franchise record that they don't want to reach and andre blatch is andre blatch and that has not been good either. he was still starting last night against the pacers. 21 pointing through this three right before the end
there is eric fair for the redirect. 3-2. caps are going to win this thing. are they? wit a second. all night long, 39 saves. but they're going to beat him top shelf where the cookies are. >>> mike knubel had never scored a goal in his brilliant nhl career but he does right there. mark andre fleury is not too happy about it. go crazy, caps fans, you win 4- 3 in a shootout over pittsburgh. >> i don't kw. just felt that he was going to score. >> i was very surprised. i...
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attorney general eric holder planned to try khalid sheikh mohammed in civilian court in manhattan. that's proven to be complicated and very unpopular. the white house hopes to have a decision in the next couple of weeks. >> we say education -- >> reminiscent of the '60s, california students loudly protesting tuition hikes and budget cuts yesterday. protests were planned in 33 states across the country giving you an idea of the huge scope of the student and teacher outrage. the average for in-state fees at california's four-year colleges almost $6,000, up more than 10% from last year. new fees going into effect in the fall will top $10,000, another 60% increase. for all we hear about the value of an education, are the government's actions speaking louder than words here? we want your views on whether public education is indeed a national priority or if it's fair game in tough times for these deep budget cuts. it's getting awfully expensive. call us toll-free, 1-877-tell-hln, e-mail at cnn.com/hln. next views plus your comments d name to hlntv. and of course weigh in on our facebook
attorney general eric holder planned to try khalid sheikh mohammed in civilian court in manhattan. that's proven to be complicated and very unpopular. the white house hopes to have a decision in the next couple of weeks. >> we say education -- >> reminiscent of the '60s, california students loudly protesting tuition hikes and budget cuts yesterday. protests were planned in 33 states across the country giving you an idea of the huge scope of the student and teacher outrage. the...
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[applause] the >> thanks, eric. i was thrilled to be here at to get out and talk a little bit more about the president's fy 11 budget proposal for nasa. now when doug cook called me in mid-december i think it was due, talking about joining the snp as associate administrator for a while this could be really interesting time to be a part of the esm d. it's like a faÇade can be an understatement. that was pretty much what it was and it has indeed been an interesting time. i've now been on the job officially for ten weeks. i read in the middle at january 3 weeks before the budget cannot demand that stopped running fence. so it's been an extraordinary time to be there and obviously a time of rate change which is challenging for everyone involved. i think everything harder than anxiety that changed for the only thing harder to change itself is actually the anxiety about the change. sizing sort of as they can get out there and talk about what it is our vision for the future is and put more meat on the bones of these progr
[applause] the >> thanks, eric. i was thrilled to be here at to get out and talk a little bit more about the president's fy 11 budget proposal for nasa. now when doug cook called me in mid-december i think it was due, talking about joining the snp as associate administrator for a while this could be really interesting time to be a part of the esm d. it's like a faÇade can be an understatement. that was pretty much what it was and it has indeed been an interesting time. i've now been on...
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strong words from attorney general eric holder yesterday. gop lawmakers grilled him about a possible trial and miranda rights if bin laden is captured and holder said the real sit they'll be reading miranda rights to bin laden's corpse. >>> the number of people in state prisons is down for the first time in 38 years, and that's what the pew center on the state's reports today. there were about 1.4 million state prisoners as of january 1st, that is down nearly half a percent from 2008. the project director says that state officials may be realizing they can cut the prison populations and still keep the public safe. >>> big story today is that tiger woods is coming back but is it too soon and will he answer questions about his personal life? you know people will be shouting from the galleys, don't you think so, rafer? >> it depends. with this tournament, it's going to be so expensive to get in there, but definitely at later tournaments that is definitely going to be happening. for him to be coming back to golf right now he either has to be don
strong words from attorney general eric holder yesterday. gop lawmakers grilled him about a possible trial and miranda rights if bin laden is captured and holder said the real sit they'll be reading miranda rights to bin laden's corpse. >>> the number of people in state prisons is down for the first time in 38 years, and that's what the pew center on the state's reports today. there were about 1.4 million state prisoners as of january 1st, that is down nearly half a percent from 2008....
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[applause] a couple of people i want to thank in addition to sergeant major eric johnson for the outstanding introduction and for this service. i want to thank major general mike scaparrotti for his outstanding work. i want to thank ms. dawn liberi for her outstanding work. and brigadier general steven kwast, commander of the 455th air expeditionary wing. thank you all for your outstanding service. give them a big round of applause. [applause] thank you for the unbelievable welcome. i know this is all short notice. >> no worries. [laughter] >> its great to be at bagram and it's great to see all the services. we've got air force, we've got army, we've got navy, we've got some marines in the house. [applause] and we have a lot of civilians here too, making an outstanding contribution. i am honored to be joined by america's outstanding civilian military leadership team. ambassador karl eikenberry is doing outstanding work. the commander of our 43-nation coalition gen. stanley mcchrystal as well. the two of them together have paired up to do an extraordinarily difficult task, but they are doing
[applause] a couple of people i want to thank in addition to sergeant major eric johnson for the outstanding introduction and for this service. i want to thank major general mike scaparrotti for his outstanding work. i want to thank ms. dawn liberi for her outstanding work. and brigadier general steven kwast, commander of the 455th air expeditionary wing. thank you all for your outstanding service. give them a big round of applause. [applause] thank you for the unbelievable welcome. i know this...
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then the opposing viewpoint offered by eric holder says, he thinks he won't be caught alive. what do you think about the differing views here? what's that signal to you? >> i think they're all trying to look really tough so the line from the right has been that the obama administration is soft on terrorism, they favor civilian trials instead military trials, they want to close down guantanamo and i think there is a big push-back against this saying we are being tough on these guys, we've killed 600 and some taliban and al qaeda figures just in the last year and a half. that's more than the bush administration was able to kill in the last four years in the administration. so we're being tough and they're just trying to project this toughness right now in congress and elsewhere. >> a lot of al qaeda-related operations though are secret. they're covert, joby. why is it that leon panetta's coming out now and talking about them? >> i think they're pushing several people out to make that point right now, that we are doing well in pakistan at least. but i think they're also afraid -
then the opposing viewpoint offered by eric holder says, he thinks he won't be caught alive. what do you think about the differing views here? what's that signal to you? >> i think they're all trying to look really tough so the line from the right has been that the obama administration is soft on terrorism, they favor civilian trials instead military trials, they want to close down guantanamo and i think there is a big push-back against this saying we are being tough on these guys, we've...
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but prosecutors eric straus and kenneth chadwell kept digging, and they stumbled on something that all those background investigations had missed or dismissed. it turned out that 18 years earlier, when she first came to the united states, prouty had taken a fateful shortcut to citizenship. you arranged a sham marriage? >> prouty: that is correct. >> pelley: you understood at the time... >> prouty: i understood it was wrong. >> pelley: ... that it was against the law. >> prouty: yes, correct. i understood that that was wrong. >> pelley: in 1989, at age 19, nada prouty, her sister and a girlfriend arranged bogus marriages to get their green cards and avoid going back to lebanon, which was still at war. 18 years later, in 2007, prosecutors rounded them all up and charged them with conspiracy to defraud the united states. under pressure, prouty agreed to waive the ten-year statute of limitations on immigration fraud and plead guilty to two felonies related to the sham marriage. she also agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of an f.b.i. computer, a charge she
but prosecutors eric straus and kenneth chadwell kept digging, and they stumbled on something that all those background investigations had missed or dismissed. it turned out that 18 years earlier, when she first came to the united states, prouty had taken a fateful shortcut to citizenship. you arranged a sham marriage? >> prouty: that is correct. >> pelley: you understood at the time... >> prouty: i understood it was wrong. >> pelley: ... that it was against the law....
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host: we see a lot of the republican whip eric cantor on tv. talk about his role in the health-care debate. guest: and generally, the god of the party whip is to make sure that the vote in any party are lined up. for republicans, it is less important. they do not have many opportunities to affect the outcome. that means there is more opportunity for members, like eric cantor -- he has become more of a party spokesperson. i spoke to him on friday for a story i am working on. he is a part of the leadership, so he takes part in the strategy. but increasingly, party leaders are playing an outside role in dealing with the press and public. host: jackie from ohio. democratic call. caller: i do have a question and a challenge for cathie kiley. you talked about the disproportionate influence of certain groups, people, in regards to what the media will cover. most of us have lost our faith in the mainstream media in the run-up to iraq because they did not take into the claims about wmd's. i know many media outlets have not talked about how many people h
host: we see a lot of the republican whip eric cantor on tv. talk about his role in the health-care debate. guest: and generally, the god of the party whip is to make sure that the vote in any party are lined up. for republicans, it is less important. they do not have many opportunities to affect the outcome. that means there is more opportunity for members, like eric cantor -- he has become more of a party spokesperson. i spoke to him on friday for a story i am working on. he is a part of the...
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an abc's "this week, 'house republican whip eric cantor. davis pluff, and former bush senior adviser karl rove. the guest of fox news sunday will include house budget committee ranking republican paul ryan, house chief deputy whip debbie wasserman schultz, and share of the national republican senatorial committee, the chair. house majority whip james clyburn and democratic comparison -- congressional chair crashed and holland. the house democratic chair john lawson and diane feinstein and orrin hatch. our re-airs of the sunday talk shows will resume next sunday on cspan radio. on thew e web at cspanradio.org. you can follow us on facebook and twitter. >> on this historic day, the house republicans open their doors for the first time. >> we have expanded your coverage to american history through multiple platforms, television, radio and on line and cable television's latest gift, a free video archive, the video library. >> here is a look at monday's live programming. we will bring you two events. from the annual conference of the american-vi
an abc's "this week, 'house republican whip eric cantor. davis pluff, and former bush senior adviser karl rove. the guest of fox news sunday will include house budget committee ranking republican paul ryan, house chief deputy whip debbie wasserman schultz, and share of the national republican senatorial committee, the chair. house majority whip james clyburn and democratic comparison -- congressional chair crashed and holland. the house democratic chair john lawson and diane feinstein and...
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eric, thank you. catch you later today. >> important day. >> bill: what is coming up. >> martha: democratic leaders saying when it comes to the health overhaul, history they believe will be on their side. time will tell, of course, but, today, history is definitely unfolding. on capitol hill. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] for dazzling white teeth, give toothpaste the brush off. you need listerine® whitening® vibrant white™ nse. the mouthwash that gets teeth four times whiter than the leading toothpaste. and kills bad breath germs. listerine® whitening vibrant white™. [ gorilla ] nice move. but can your retirement income keep pace with changing interest rates? this new variable annuity from axa equitable has an option that can help your retirement income move with changing interest rates. but what do i know? i'm just the 800-pound gorilla in the room. [ female announcer ] make the retirement cornerstone annuity from axa equitable part of your retirement plan. consider the charges, ri
eric, thank you. catch you later today. >> important day. >> bill: what is coming up. >> martha: democratic leaders saying when it comes to the health overhaul, history they believe will be on their side. time will tell, of course, but, today, history is definitely unfolding. on capitol hill. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] for dazzling white teeth, give toothpaste the brush off. you need listerine® whitening® vibrant white™ nse. the mouthwash that gets teeth...
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host: eric mentions medicare. while final versions of the bill have not yet been released, the president says he wanted to incorporate four ideas from the health care summit that came from republicans, which include undercover investigations of medicare and medicaid providers, and the search for waste, fraud, and abuse. experiment with specialized health-care court -- an idea that had been promoted by senators coburn and mike enzi from wyoming. establish health care savings accounts in new markets. that was suggested by senator john barraso from wyoming who will be a guest later on today. it increasing reimbursements to medicaid providers, a concern raised by senator charles grassley from iowa. let us go back to telephone calls. hammond, indiana, hair roots -- henriette on the independent line. caller: i think this bill should be shot down. a first of all, the democrats have lied. a day did not put all the cost. the doctors cost. they put that in the jobs bill. second of all, the democrats are lying, i don't know
host: eric mentions medicare. while final versions of the bill have not yet been released, the president says he wanted to incorporate four ideas from the health care summit that came from republicans, which include undercover investigations of medicare and medicaid providers, and the search for waste, fraud, and abuse. experiment with specialized health-care court -- an idea that had been promoted by senators coburn and mike enzi from wyoming. establish health care savings accounts in new...
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i do not know what happened in the situation of eric cantor. if there was a bullet hole, there must have been one. this is serious business. some of the republicans took the position last week that democrats were whining. i had a threat made against me in 1991, 1992, when we took the first boat of sending troops against saddam hussein. there were threats made against a number of members at the time. we took them very seriously. i had the protection of my district and the capitol police for about 10 days. we should not be doing anything that encourages people to not worry about it. this is serious business. there are crazy people in this country. i do not think that anyone should minimize it. >> i agree, you do not want members to be intimidated by the mob. you cannot tolerate that in any way. host: one day after we heard from chris van pollan? guest: he was wrong to make the statement, criticizing democrats saying they should not talk about this, this is serious business and unfortunately there are unstable people in this country that will be e
i do not know what happened in the situation of eric cantor. if there was a bullet hole, there must have been one. this is serious business. some of the republicans took the position last week that democrats were whining. i had a threat made against me in 1991, 1992, when we took the first boat of sending troops against saddam hussein. there were threats made against a number of members at the time. we took them very seriously. i had the protection of my district and the capitol police for...
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there are details of that i will not go into, but one thing that eric holder did when he announced that khalid shaikh mohammed would be coming to trial in manhattan was to make it clear the obama administration wanted to redress what had happened during the persian administration, which was taking many of the powers that could have been placed in the department justice and giving them to the department of defense. it was not insignificant that he picked the same day to announce khalid sheikh mohammad's moved to new york. it was the same day bush issued his military order in 2001. however, as a surprise to me and others of you, that was not the end of the story. what has ensued since november of last year and today is a long attenuated discussion about whether or not the united states can or should try khalid shaikh mohammed in what are -- and those high-sided detainee's in civilian courts. there are many politics surrounding this, and we will get to that today. there are many legal issues that are complicated, many still unknown, and we will talk about that today. i think that this deci
there are details of that i will not go into, but one thing that eric holder did when he announced that khalid shaikh mohammed would be coming to trial in manhattan was to make it clear the obama administration wanted to redress what had happened during the persian administration, which was taking many of the powers that could have been placed in the department justice and giving them to the department of defense. it was not insignificant that he picked the same day to announce khalid sheikh...
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and when eric canter the house minority whip stood up and in response to the democrats on this issue of death threats and attacks on democrats. he said, i get threatening calls and e-mails all the time and people go after him because he's jewish. he says but i don't talk about it because i don't want to whip up a frenzy over that. we don't know what we don't know. we don't know what members are really experiencing and whether there's an increase in threats against politicians. on this issue of barack obama, my understanding is that there has been an increase on threats on him and that people in that world who look at the activities of millishas and hate groups have seen a dramatic increase really in recent years and since the election of barack obama even more. as you know, barack obama was given secret service protection earlier in the campaign than historically would have been the norm because of threats against him. host: orange park, florida. on our independent line. caller: good morning. i have three points that i want to make but just to what she just was talking about. fox new
and when eric canter the house minority whip stood up and in response to the democrats on this issue of death threats and attacks on democrats. he said, i get threatening calls and e-mails all the time and people go after him because he's jewish. he says but i don't talk about it because i don't want to whip up a frenzy over that. we don't know what we don't know. we don't know what members are really experiencing and whether there's an increase in threats against politicians. on this issue of...
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it has to stop. >> and, of course, gene, eric cantor's office according to eric cantor shot at. there's been a number of incidents of democratic congressmen also facing some terrible situations. what's going on right now, and what needs to be done? >> hold on. there was apparently a bullet fire into the air. i just want to be careful about -- chris, what's the exact information. >> the bullet was fired in the air and came down. so they're saying it wasn't directed at the office. >> okay. go ahead, eugene. >> i mean, what is happening is that the temperature was turned way up on this issue. i was at the capitol on sunday. i kind of wandered around and passed the big tea party protest outside and you know, it's true. the republican members of the house came out onto the balcony and kind of whipped them up with the don't tread on me flag and everything like that. look, this was an issue on which people have -- still have very strong feelings, but once you kind of turn up the heat under the atmosphere sufficiently, you kind of empower the crazies. that's what i'm really worried abou
it has to stop. >> and, of course, gene, eric cantor's office according to eric cantor shot at. there's been a number of incidents of democratic congressmen also facing some terrible situations. what's going on right now, and what needs to be done? >> hold on. there was apparently a bullet fire into the air. i just want to be careful about -- chris, what's the exact information. >> the bullet was fired in the air and came down. so they're saying it wasn't directed at the...
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i think the president should stick with eric holder's idea to at least of these trials in the u.s.. he picked a certain venue. in other words, if you can house these people and eleanor why not put the trials there? if they will be housed there and a lawyer for the rest of their life, why don't we have a trial there? if you have up security for the rest of their life, week and provided for one year for the trial. host: thank you for the call. we are joined by tom fitzgerald, a reporter for "the philadelphia inquirer." president obama will be in philadelphia today, one of several stops, talking about health insurance reform. where will the president be speaking today? guest: he will be at arcadia university in glens side, a little bit west. host: he is talking about pushing the health insurance reform, the legislation on capitol hill. some of the suggested changes. in particular, the philadelphia area, how is this health care debate playing out? what is of particular interest? guest: especially the area he is going to, it is kind of an independent voting area. it has been trending dem
i think the president should stick with eric holder's idea to at least of these trials in the u.s.. he picked a certain venue. in other words, if you can house these people and eleanor why not put the trials there? if they will be housed there and a lawyer for the rest of their life, why don't we have a trial there? if you have up security for the rest of their life, week and provided for one year for the trial. host: thank you for the call. we are joined by tom fitzgerald, a reporter for...
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from bloomington and eric baucus from blaine. the american women's ice hockey team was expected to be great and they were. before falling to canada they outscored their opponents 40-2, with natalie darwits as captain and jenny potter and deedee brought home a well-deserved silver medal. of the 12 members of the curling team, eight were from minnesota, natalie and allison were on the women's team. the men's team was an all-minnesotan affair. with john shuster and jayson smith and jeff isakson of duluth and ben, and their coach is from evelith, minnesota. tony is an olympic luger, dana was in her second olympics, wynn roberts was a competitor in the biathlon, rebecca valley, a speed skater, and katelyn compton and gary lezuzi each from minneapolis competed in cross-country skiing. and there are many other, like lindsey vawn vaughn,who have tio minnesota but who reside now in other mountain states. yesterday marked the end of the 2010 winter olympic games in vancouver. i'm so proud so see that there were more athletes in this year's
from bloomington and eric baucus from blaine. the american women's ice hockey team was expected to be great and they were. before falling to canada they outscored their opponents 40-2, with natalie darwits as captain and jenny potter and deedee brought home a well-deserved silver medal. of the 12 members of the curling team, eight were from minnesota, natalie and allison were on the women's team. the men's team was an all-minnesotan affair. with john shuster and jayson smith and jeff isakson of...
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"pianin about -- eric pianin talks about job numbers. michael shifter reviews secretary of state clinton's trip. and we discussed what can be done about the rising dropout rates in the nation's high schools. "washington journal," live 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> up next on c-span, the joint economic committee gets the february employment figures. and president obama comments on the job market. after that, congressman barney frank talks about homeownership. and senator christopher dodd talks about the need to count -- create a consumer protection agency for financial institutions. >> as "washington post" international correspondent, t.r. reid has traveled the globe. including the united states of europe, the healing of america, and "confucius' lives next door." live sunday at noon eastern on "book tv's" "in-depth." >> which presidents live past 90 years old? did john adams, herbert hoover, ronald reagan, and gerald ford. find these and other presidential fax in the book "who's buried in grant's' tu omb?" >> you can tell a lot of people at the e
"pianin about -- eric pianin talks about job numbers. michael shifter reviews secretary of state clinton's trip. and we discussed what can be done about the rising dropout rates in the nation's high schools. "washington journal," live 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> up next on c-span, the joint economic committee gets the february employment figures. and president obama comments on the job market. after that, congressman barney frank talks about homeownership. and senator christopher...
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first period, davis steckle over to eric fair. fair centers this thing absolutely perfectly. look who is there. fleischman tips it in. 21 the year. later in the first it'tied 1-1. an absolutely phenomenal pass. and the goalie didn't have a chance there. the 45th goal for ovie puts the caps up 2-1. fast forward to third period. brooks light, nice pizza. stick handle here. watch him. fakes waits for the defender to slide by. shoots. well, it didn't score a goal but it does score a goal here as the rebound comes in. caps win 3-1. next up the penguins on wednesday. things went as well as they could have for maryland in their first matchup against houston. maryland wins by 12. got balanced scoring. now the focus solely on their next opponent, the terps and michigan state this afternoon. the winner advances to the sweet 16 in st. louis. the terps would love to see more of the same from jordan williams their freshman big was great. 21 points and 17 rebounds. the majority of the rest of the scoring done by the terps trio of seniors who combine for 56 points. now maryland looking at m
first period, davis steckle over to eric fair. fair centers this thing absolutely perfectly. look who is there. fleischman tips it in. 21 the year. later in the first it'tied 1-1. an absolutely phenomenal pass. and the goalie didn't have a chance there. the 45th goal for ovie puts the caps up 2-1. fast forward to third period. brooks light, nice pizza. stick handle here. watch him. fakes waits for the defender to slide by. shoots. well, it didn't score a goal but it does score a goal here as...
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attorney general eric holder estimates medicare fraud totals around $60 billion a year. and estimate echoed by others in law enforcement fraud. $60 billion a year. that is not all in the prescription drug program but some of this. the second estimate in the program is the level of improper payments each year. the federal government with the estimates of overpayments, under payments, undocumented expenditures and other mistakes and fraud experienced by each agency. the total for the last fiscal year 2009 was almost $100 billion in improper payments. medicare has the largest reported chair of that total at about 36 billion, roughly one third of improper payments for medicare. unfortunately the department of health and human services has not been able to determine the level for the prescription for programs of the amount wasted in part d. is largely unknown. and that is something we are anxious to do, to get under control. quiet the rise in medicare fraud? as when willie sutton, an infamous 20th century bank robber was asked why do you rob banks? he would always reply, that
attorney general eric holder estimates medicare fraud totals around $60 billion a year. and estimate echoed by others in law enforcement fraud. $60 billion a year. that is not all in the prescription drug program but some of this. the second estimate in the program is the level of improper payments each year. the federal government with the estimates of overpayments, under payments, undocumented expenditures and other mistakes and fraud experienced by each agency. the total for the last fiscal...
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attorney general eric holder was on capitol hill to discuss the budget. among the topics was the treatment of detainees and federal efforts to prevent prison rape. he begins with questioning from the committee chairman. >> should be placed in continuous attention. doj was tasked with coordinating fabric year. what other agencies were involved in making decisions about which suspects to transfer, who to prosecute, and who to detain? >> we have the department of defense, department of state, the partly -- department of commons occurred, the office of the national director of intelligence in the joint chiefs of staff. >> after they went through the discussions to make decisions, were those votes unanimous? >> when the principles of those agencies met to make final determinations with regard to the disposition of the detainees, all decisions were unanimous. >> what were the criteria of the task force members? >> we focused on the national security in trying to decide if a person could be released and where that person might be transferred. national security w
attorney general eric holder was on capitol hill to discuss the budget. among the topics was the treatment of detainees and federal efforts to prevent prison rape. he begins with questioning from the committee chairman. >> should be placed in continuous attention. doj was tasked with coordinating fabric year. what other agencies were involved in making decisions about which suspects to transfer, who to prosecute, and who to detain? >> we have the department of defense, department of...
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i know my friend eric cantor brought a copy of the bill and it seemed like that made people mad. i suggested they have a copy of the senate bill and house bill there so when somebody made a representation that wasn't accurate as to what was represented in the bill, you could immediately turn to the bill during the summit and correct whatever inaccuracy was painted. one of the problems with the president's health care bill, like my friend ms. foxx pointed out earlier, is there is still no president's bill he came here and spoke from the second level up, he said my bill this bill, my plan, this plan, but as i asked secretary sebelius later, i said, i've been trying to find a copy of the president's bill, said he was going to call us out if we misrepresented of it, and i want to know where i can get a copy of it. that's when she told us, well, i think he's talking about a set of proposals or principles. i was told by c.b.o. they could not score my plan until i had it in a hard and fast bill and so we did. we got it in bill form and that took a lot of work because the legislative cou
i know my friend eric cantor brought a copy of the bill and it seemed like that made people mad. i suggested they have a copy of the senate bill and house bill there so when somebody made a representation that wasn't accurate as to what was represented in the bill, you could immediately turn to the bill during the summit and correct whatever inaccuracy was painted. one of the problems with the president's health care bill, like my friend ms. foxx pointed out earlier, is there is still no...
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. >> host: san francisco you're on but eric. >> caller: good afternoon t.r. reid i love your book "the healing of america" this is the best one. >> guest: you are great. thinks it. >> caller: of like the part where you talk about the european health care system that our pride better nonprofit and hello based they were then americans have a for-profit private health care system. why do you think most americans don't realize the private health care system is primarily in business to make a profit for their stockholders? >> guest: that is a good question. you are talking about the insurance side of things because a lot of european countries and japan and canada have private doctors and private hospitals. the providers of care often are allowed to make a profit. japan has more proof -- for-profit hospitals and united states but it is the payments side that all the other countries have decided have to be nonprofit because they think there is a basic conflict between paying for people's health care in paying monthly or quarterly dividend because if you are and heal
. >> host: san francisco you're on but eric. >> caller: good afternoon t.r. reid i love your book "the healing of america" this is the best one. >> guest: you are great. thinks it. >> caller: of like the part where you talk about the european health care system that our pride better nonprofit and hello based they were then americans have a for-profit private health care system. why do you think most americans don't realize the private health care system is...
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host: the attorney general eric holder testified before congress yesterday. what did we learn from him? guest: we did not learn that much. we learned a decision about the venue for the 9/11 trial is weeks away, rather than months. of course, months are made up of weeks, so it's hard to know exactly what that means. he defended the administration's preference to have the choice of using either military commissions or federal district court, which is the same options that the bush administration had previously. he didn't really elimination much that we didn't already know. this was an appropriations committee hearing rather than a policy hearing. i'd say that the attorney general didn't back away from his own preference, being a former civilian prosecutor himself. but he didn't insist that these particular defendants would go to one place or another. host: you reported this week that the obama administration may be leaning towards a military tribunal, but that reversing court from a civilian trial would bring its own complications. last month, defense departmen
host: the attorney general eric holder testified before congress yesterday. what did we learn from him? guest: we did not learn that much. we learned a decision about the venue for the 9/11 trial is weeks away, rather than months. of course, months are made up of weeks, so it's hard to know exactly what that means. he defended the administration's preference to have the choice of using either military commissions or federal district court, which is the same options that the bush administration...
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. >> i will let eric try to explain what he met -- what he meant. the president'sñr -- president believes strongly that he was elected to make progress on issues. issues that come founded and conducts -- compounded and next congress for years and health care is one of the bigger ones. congressman kantor is probably focused entirely on the next election. -- congressman cantor is probably focus on the next election. the president is focused on the next generation and making progress on some of these issues. i'm sure a number of you saw the numbers in the newspapers this weekend -- it was about the cost of doing nothing. what happens if congressman possible ca -- if congressman cantor's of the play went out? a nonprofit health care group in new york says we will have substantial deterioration in what we have. çóthis is bill -- nearly every mainstream analysis calls for medip& costs to continue to climb over the next decade, outpacing the growth of the overall economy and increasing faster than the average paycheck. those higher costs will translate
. >> i will let eric try to explain what he met -- what he meant. the president'sñr -- president believes strongly that he was elected to make progress on issues. issues that come founded and conducts -- compounded and next congress for years and health care is one of the bigger ones. congressman kantor is probably focused entirely on the next election. -- congressman cantor is probably focus on the next election. the president is focused on the next generation and making progress on...
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. >> reporter: but now representative eric cantor, who as you know is a very prominent jewish republican on the hill today said, look, today, this is a cold reception, much cooler than he was on the hill yesterday, the prime minister met with lawmakers with both parties, where they were there, having pictures, trying to show this alliance is strong. the white house, again, insisting that this is still a key ally, but they decided to have these talks behind closed doors, not in front of the come ras, wolf. >> thanks very much, for that, ed henry, working the story at the white house. >>> there have been several major crises in u.s./israeli relations since israel's independence in 1948. the eisenhower administration threatened israel with a cutoff of u.s. assistance and with the united nations sanctions unless it withdrew from sinai and gaza following the 1956 war with egypt. after israeli/egyptian peace talks collapsed in 1975, secretary of state, henry kissen jesh, announced a, quote, reassessment of u.s. policy toward israel, creating a major chill at the time. president ronald reagan s
. >> reporter: but now representative eric cantor, who as you know is a very prominent jewish republican on the hill today said, look, today, this is a cold reception, much cooler than he was on the hill yesterday, the prime minister met with lawmakers with both parties, where they were there, having pictures, trying to show this alliance is strong. the white house, again, insisting that this is still a key ally, but they decided to have these talks behind closed doors, not in front of...
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host: let us go to eric on the independent line from both cretonne, florida. have the tax provisions affecting you? caller: yes, it has affected me. i was laid off from my job in late february and unfortunately i filed my income taxes and the the early and i got my tax return doubled. the so i am basically living off that now. host: do you know what caused it to double? a provision in particular? caller: i filed the 1040 ez -- it was all part of the stimulus plan and everything. i had my returns -- i had help filing return and that is what the person helping me said. so, it is interesting -- i find it interesting that people have a big problem when we spend tax money on helping american people but when we spend hundreds of billions of dollars, some say waitrons of dollars, to destroy two countries and tried to rebuild them -- talk about iraq and afghanistan, of course digging people don't say anything. host: i want to take a look at "the salt lake tribune" article looking at specific tax benefits. some of the details in my find waiting for you when you sit dow
host: let us go to eric on the independent line from both cretonne, florida. have the tax provisions affecting you? caller: yes, it has affected me. i was laid off from my job in late february and unfortunately i filed my income taxes and the the early and i got my tax return doubled. the so i am basically living off that now. host: do you know what caused it to double? a provision in particular? caller: i filed the 1040 ez -- it was all part of the stimulus plan and everything. i had my...
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for the sake of young people like eric, we must pass health care reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from new york reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: could i inquire as to how much time each side has remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 2 1/2 minutes. the gentlelady from new york has 2 1/4. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: at this time, i yield 45 seconds to the the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. sensenbrenner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. sensenbrenner: the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, is right on. this bill expands abortion funding to the greatest extent in history. i have heard that the president is contemplating issuing an executive order to try to limit this. members should not be fooled. executive orders cannot override the clear intent of a stute. secondly, yesterday, -- statute, yesterday, everybody voted in favor of the tricare bill which reserved the d.o.d.'s ri
for the sake of young people like eric, we must pass health care reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from new york reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: could i inquire as to how much time each side has remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 2 1/2 minutes. the gentlelady from new york has 2 1/4. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: at this time, i yield 45 seconds to the...
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central command, david petraeus, as well as admiral eric olsen. we will bring you there now. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . úxxxÑ?ññóññÑoñññÑÑñññ Ñ? >> this effort is facilitated. member-nations are working hard to fill the additional mentors and transition teams to enable the considerably augmented training and recruiting that are essential. bad the civil military campaign on which we have embarked will unfold over the next 18 months. as many of us have observed, the going will likely get harder before it gets easier as the seat to expand service and take from the taliban control of key areas. moreover, we're not likely to see the dramatic reduction in violence that we saw six months into the surge in the rock. -- into iraq. they make progress and certain areas very difficult. in any event, 2010 will be a difficult year. it will be a year in which there will be tough fighting and periodic setbacks. we have seen important change in pakistan over the past years. duri
central command, david petraeus, as well as admiral eric olsen. we will bring you there now. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . úxxxÑ?ññóññÑoñññÑÑñññ Ñ? >> this effort is facilitated. member-nations are working hard to fill the additional mentors and transition teams to enable the considerably augmented training and recruiting that are essential. bad the civil military campaign on...
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host: and you have the eric master situation -- massar situation? guest: and that may be the least of this or raise -- there were raised because he is not as prominent. he is someone -- the democrats had a much better chance of keeping the seat with him as a candidate but he said he is retiring for health reasons. there are also allegations that he sexually harassed a male thmember of the staff. what is known as the ethics committee is taking a look at that as well. host: has this affected the work in albany on state budget and other issues? guest: albany is already in chaos and, yes, it is in even more chaos. the governor has to put a budget together in the spring. he is politically weakens, members are quitting. there is a issue how he will govern and run this state in this situation. host: senator gillibrand is up for reelection for a full term? guest: she was appointed by governor paterson, who himself emerged from being lieutenant governor. she has not stood before the voters yet. and she had a problem in that she was potentially facing a prima
host: and you have the eric master situation -- massar situation? guest: and that may be the least of this or raise -- there were raised because he is not as prominent. he is someone -- the democrats had a much better chance of keeping the seat with him as a candidate but he said he is retiring for health reasons. there are also allegations that he sexually harassed a male thmember of the staff. what is known as the ethics committee is taking a look at that as well. host: has this affected the...
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press is reporting that there cannot this is resigning his seat -- that the congressman air mass a -- eric massa is resigning his seat and stepping down with of profound sense of failure. this is good news for nancy pelosi as she struggles to work on the health care overhaul. >> up next, a look at u.s. aid efforts in haiti. rajiv shah was a guest on this morning's "washington journal." host: we have the administrator for the u.s. agency for international development, usaid. he is here to talk to us about foreign aid and different aspects of the foreign aid budget. doctor, if we could start with current issues, do you know how much has the u.s. government spent so far in haiti and chile? guest: between the two more than $600 million with the vast majority of that being focused on the relief effort in haiti. when this incredible earthquake happened, it was the worst natural disaster to hit haiti in centuries and destroyed critical infrastructure in and around port-au-prince. the main city. the president immediately asked for a swift and aggressive and coordinated response, so we put together
press is reporting that there cannot this is resigning his seat -- that the congressman air mass a -- eric massa is resigning his seat and stepping down with of profound sense of failure. this is good news for nancy pelosi as she struggles to work on the health care overhaul. >> up next, a look at u.s. aid efforts in haiti. rajiv shah was a guest on this morning's "washington journal." host: we have the administrator for the u.s. agency for international development, usaid. he...
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guest: what happened was, after eric massa resigned, the ethics committee thought that it would end its investigation because he's no longer a member and they no longer had jurisdiction. but john painer, the republican leader, thinks that the ethics committee should investigate the process of who knew what and when they knew it and what the leadership did or didn't do to deal with rumors that were moving around the capitol that massa had been doing inappropriate things with staffers and young staffers of other -- host: a la mark foley in 10 minutes. guest: you couldn't go 10 minutes yesterday without making the mark foley an al jeefment after foley left the congress, democrats, with republican support, continued the ethics investigation and looked at what role leadership played or dent play in dealing with rumors. guest: so there was a vote yesterday 402-1, what did that do? it sent it back to the ethics committee. guest: asking them to study just that. guest: i didn't track him down yesterday. host: what he wants the issue of student loans and healthcare? in the senate, they're talking
guest: what happened was, after eric massa resigned, the ethics committee thought that it would end its investigation because he's no longer a member and they no longer had jurisdiction. but john painer, the republican leader, thinks that the ethics committee should investigate the process of who knew what and when they knew it and what the leadership did or didn't do to deal with rumors that were moving around the capitol that massa had been doing inappropriate things with staffers and young...
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tomorrow, says the secretary of state for population refugees and migration, eric schwartz, will present the keynote speech of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the refugee act of 1980 at georgetown university's student center. his speech will honor the durability of the landmark 1980 legislation and will highlight some of the modern-day challenges and opportunities facing the state department and all of humanitarian organizations as we. i think the speech is at 9:15 a.m. tomorrow morning. and we announce the launch today of opinion space, and interactive the site hosted on state.gov that seems to foster global conversations on foreign affairs. opinion space invites users to share their perspective and ideas on u.s. foreign policy and innovative visual opinion map that will illustrate which ideas result in the most discussions in which ideas are judged most insightful by the community of participants. assistant secretary for campbell remains in the asia-pacific region. he had meetings today in jakarta on a range of bilateral regional and global issues, in advance of the present
tomorrow, says the secretary of state for population refugees and migration, eric schwartz, will present the keynote speech of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the refugee act of 1980 at georgetown university's student center. his speech will honor the durability of the landmark 1980 legislation and will highlight some of the modern-day challenges and opportunities facing the state department and all of humanitarian organizations as we. i think the speech is at 9:15 a.m. tomorrow...
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[applause] with that come and join in welcoming the republican whip, erick kanter -- eric cantor. >> thank you. [applause] >> ok. lots of drama today. lots of festivities outside, because people are angry. we know that. if you look at it, the clock, the yearlong clock on this debate might be winding to a close with in the last 24 to 30 hours. we still have work to do. folks in here are not usually in our conference, and their focus has been on the group of members of the -- on the group of members on this side of the aisle. every breath they take is being researched. i know everyone is trying to predict which way they go. what i can tell you is they are standing firm on the principle that our government taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund abortion. [applause] so, the story that is not being written, though, is where our work comes in. we have seen, over the last several days and weeks, about seven announcements of members on the other side of the aisle who have switched from an original "no" back when the house took its vote, to now a "yes." the those were not surprises to us
[applause] with that come and join in welcoming the republican whip, erick kanter -- eric cantor. >> thank you. [applause] >> ok. lots of drama today. lots of festivities outside, because people are angry. we know that. if you look at it, the clock, the yearlong clock on this debate might be winding to a close with in the last 24 to 30 hours. we still have work to do. folks in here are not usually in our conference, and their focus has been on the group of members of the -- on the...
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house, majority leader steny hoyer and minority whip eric cantor talked about the health care bill and there disagreements on the issue. this lasts about half an hour. the gentleman. madam speaker, i think it's been well reported that the majority plans to try and use the reconciliation process to ram through a health care bill through this house and the one across the capitol, and we also know from the reports that it is imperative that this house and the house majority, the members of the majority must first pass the senate health care bill before any other action on a reconciliation measure is taken. the gentleman has announced, madam speaker, that all this will take place next week. and i'd wonder if the gentleman could give us a little bit more clarity as to the schedule and perhaps the need for members to keep their schedules flexible through the weekend and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. first, let me say, no matter how often the gentleman and his colleagues want to say so, we are going to ram through something, no matter how many times the press and pub
house, majority leader steny hoyer and minority whip eric cantor talked about the health care bill and there disagreements on the issue. this lasts about half an hour. the gentleman. madam speaker, i think it's been well reported that the majority plans to try and use the reconciliation process to ram through a health care bill through this house and the one across the capitol, and we also know from the reports that it is imperative that this house and the house majority, the members of the...
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an informative memo put together by senator jon kyl and eric cantor helps explain this process to the american people. the memo goes on to explain that it would fast track the reconciliation bill fixing some but not all of the problems. americans need to know the house democrats must pass the senate's takeover before the senate can alter to improve it. the senate bill is too big a pill for my colleagues to swallow because it kills jobs. on the good side "the hill" reports front page, the senate provides for citizenship verification to buy insurance. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. are there further one-minute requests? for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? ms. schmidt: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permitted to address the house, mr. poe for five minutes, mr. jones for march 18 for five minutes, mr.
an informative memo put together by senator jon kyl and eric cantor helps explain this process to the american people. the memo goes on to explain that it would fast track the reconciliation bill fixing some but not all of the problems. americans need to know the house democrats must pass the senate's takeover before the senate can alter to improve it. the senate bill is too big a pill for my colleagues to swallow because it kills jobs. on the good side "the hill" reports front page,...
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. >> hi, eric goldstein, human rights watch. can you address the factor of time in discussing various techniques because, the approach that you described, which seems admirable, seems appropriate for situations where you have to, a little bit of time to play with no order to get information you want. how often is it the case you need information in 10 minutes how often in case you need it in two days or how often is it that you want information over the course of a week or two? how does that affect the techniques that you describe? >> one of my favorite questions, the ticking time bomb scenario. i mean what do american detectives do when they're dealing with gangs and they interrogate, catch somebody and they interrogate him, knowing they don't get information very quickly that person's dealer or supplier is going to move knowing that they're captured? we dealt with this every day in iraq especially when we were hunting down al-zarqawi and leaders behind the suicide bombings. i describe in my book that we interrogated abu ali, c
. >> hi, eric goldstein, human rights watch. can you address the factor of time in discussing various techniques because, the approach that you described, which seems admirable, seems appropriate for situations where you have to, a little bit of time to play with no order to get information you want. how often is it the case you need information in 10 minutes how often in case you need it in two days or how often is it that you want information over the course of a week or two? how does...